Chapter 16 - The Courthouse Showdown Begins Early
Thursday morning arrived with freezing rain pelting the stone steps of the county courthouse downtown.
Media reporters had already caught wind of the high-profile corporate embezzlement and messy marital scandal involving a senior CPA.
I walked up the courthouse steps wearing a sharp charcoal pantsuit, flanked by Marcus and two armed security consultants.
Gregory stood near the grand entrance looking ten years older, his expensive suit wrinkled and his hair disheveled.
When he saw me approach, he rushed forward, his eyes bloodshot and filled with desperate, pleading fury.
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“Elena! Please! We can talk about this! What about Toby?! You’re destroying our family over a silly mistake!” he yelled.
“The only mistake you made, Gregory, was thinking you were smarter than the woman you lied to for ten years,” I stated coldly.
